Brandon John

Editor of Tone Deaf until 2017, Brandon then wrote gaming and music news for The Brag Media. He now leaves the writing to the next wave of journos, but you'll still find him in the shadows of his favourite Melbourne venues.

Watch as The Smith Street Band give one hell of a gift to a front row fan

The Smith Street Band are currently running across the country in support of their new album More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me,...

Brissy’s beautiful Red Deer Festival announces a big seventh birthday lineup

It’s seven years of good luck (or maybe just good booking) for the Red Deer Music & Arts Festival as they return for their septennial...

Watch as Chris Cornell’s former Audioslave bandmates play a moving tribute

The music world hasn’t been short of touching tributes to the late Chris Cornell throughout the past week, but this is definitely one of the...

Premiere: Machine Age’s ‘Chivalry Is Dead’ could already be the best rock track of 2017

Machine Age has just scrawled his name out as the one to watch in Australian rock. Breaking out of Far North Queensland, it’s the moniker...

Chuck Berry recorded a version of ‘Johnny B. Goode’ from his wife’s perspective

‘Johnny B. Goode’ is possibly the one rock anthem to stand above all others, almost single-handedly spawning an entire genre of music and going down...

Watch Tool play a rare live version of ‘Ænema’ track ‘Eulogy’

It’s happening, we can feel it… Tool are gearing up for their first album in a decade, and it’s exciting. Before that happens, though, they’ve...

KISS are going to retire soon says Gene Simmons, and he’s planning a worldwide farewell party

Sure, KISS have received (and let’s face it, probably earned) their reputation as more of a business than a band, but it’s hard to argue...

Bernard Fanning adds a third round of “pub gigs” to his ‘Brutal Dawn’ tour

Bernard Fanning only announced last week that he’d be heading out on tour in support of his new album Brutal Dawn, but he’s already adding...

Premiere: Husky’s new track ‘Shark Fin’ shows off their move towards atmospheric indie rock

Melbourne indie-folk mainstays Husky have just announced their return with a new album, Punchbuzz, and a national tour to go with it, while their new singles...

Ahead of his ‘A Fist Full of Rock’ tour, You Am I frontman Tim Rogers remembers the wildest gigs they ever played

The phone gets about five or six rings before it’s answered. There’s a pause on the other end, before a groggy yet unmistakable voice comes...

The 8 Aussie apps that are changing the music game

Australia has a thriving music scene full of talented artists, great venues and passionate fans, but there’s also a lot of genuinely exciting stuff happening...

Members of The Avalanches, wearing 'Wildflower' jackets

The Avalanches just announced a third album is on the way

The Avalanches have just dropped some pretty exciting news: they’re releasing an album, and won’t be making us wait quite so long this time around....

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